Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) protocols [electronic resource] / edited by Yinduo Ji.

Presenting the most up-to-date techniques for the detection, genotyping, and investigation of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), this second edition of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Protocols collects chapters that utilize the power of complete genomic sequences and advance...

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Online Access: Online Access
Other Authors: Ji, Yinduo
Other title:MRSA protocols.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Humana Press : Springer, ©2014.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) ; v. 1085.
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Table of Contents:
  • Clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory aspects of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections / Elizabeth L. Palavecino
  • Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus case studies / Madeleine G. Sowash and Anne-Catrin Uhlemann
  • Rapid methods for detection of MRSA in clinical specimens / Elizabeth L. Palavecino
  • Immunofluorescence microscopy for the detection of surface antigens in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) / Yekaterina Timofeyeva, Ingrid L. Scully, and Annaliesa S. Anderson
  • Internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-PCR identification of MRSA / Shin-ichi Fujita
  • Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates / Yiping He, Yanping Xie, and Sue Reed
  • Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) of Staphylococcus aureus / Nicholas A. Saunders and Anne Holmes
  • Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) analysis of MRSA / Teruyo Ito [and others]
  • Genetic interruption of target genes for investigation of virulence factors / Adhar C. Manna
  • Molecular analysis of staphylococcal superantigens / Wilmara Salgado-Pabón, Laura C. Case-Cook, and Patrick M. Schlievert
  • Investigation of Staphylococcus aureus adhesion and invasion of host cells / Junshu Yang and Yinduo Ji
  • Investigation of biofilm formation in clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus / James E. Cassat, Mark S. Smeltzer, and Chia Y. Lee
  • Transcriptomic analysis of Staphylococcus aureus using microarray and advanced next-generation RNA-seq technologies / Ting Lei, Aaron Becker, and Yinduo Ji
  • Proteomic approach to investigate pathogenicity and metabolism of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Patrice François [and others]
  • Metabolomic investigation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Ting Lei [and others]
  • Treatment of infections due to resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Gregory M. Anstead, Jose Cadena, and Heta Javeri
  • Anti-infective drug development for MRSA / Anu Daniel
  • Animal models in drug development for MRSA / Andrea Marra.